PlainZIP

Fort Gay, WV

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Fort Gay, WV: 1 USPS ZIP, population 4,024. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet FORT-GAY-WV · Fort Gay, WV 1 ZIPs · 4,024 pop · #20386/25278 · Wayne County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $53,929
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20386/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Huntington
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 78% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 4,024
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $57,600

Nearest income peer: Huntington, WV ( $740 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Fort Gay

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Fort Gay on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Fort Gay, WV sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

19th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
4,024
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$53,929
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($53,929 average) · poverty 21.1%. The primary code (25514) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (77.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Fort Gay as a pure owner town.

Within West Virginia, Buckhannon is the closest lower-income city and Galloway the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Fort Gay.

Population concentration

Fort Gay reads through its lone ZIP, 25514

4,024 ACS residents, one ZIP: 25514 is not the leading code inside Fort Gay, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Fort Gay

Citywide ZBP: 23 establishments, 167 employees , annual payroll $8,446k (~6 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 25514 (23 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (5) · also Transportation and warehousing · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Fort Gay, WV

These ZIP codes sit in Wayne County, which covers 13 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Fort Gay. See the Wayne County roll-up →

Fort Gay sits in the upper half of Wayne County on income: Wayne, Genoa and East Lynn report less, while Kenova, Lavalette and Prichard report more. Lavalette marks the far end of that range at $72,446, 34% above Fort Gay.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
25514 4,024 $53,929 23 22
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Fort Gay roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Fort Gay, .